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White Plains is a city in south-central Westchester County, New York, about 4 miles (6 km) east of the Hudson River and 2.5 miles (4 km) northwest of Long Island Sound. It is bordered to the north by the town of North Castle, to the north and east by the town/village of Harrison, to the south by the town/village of Scarsdale and to the west by the town of Greenburgh. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 53,077, but a 2002 census estimate put the city's population at over 55,000 and subsequent residential development has raised this figure even higher. White Plains is one of the edge cities that have developed outside of New York City.

Colleges and universities with locations in White Plains:
Pace University and its Law School
Mercy College
Berkeley College
The College of Westchester, formerly known as the Westchester Business Institute

Historic sites:
Jacob Purdy House (constructed prior to 1730), used as General George Washington's headquarters in 1778 and possibly in 1776 during the Battle of White Plains. Repaired and restored in the 1960s, the structure was moved to its present location in 1973. It is now the headquarters of the White Plains Historical Society
White Plains Armory (1910), erected on the site of the first Westchester County Courthouse. A monument in front of the building commemorates the first public reading in New York of the Declaration of Independence, on July 11, 1776.
White Plains Rural Cemetery (incorporated 1854, although in use as a cemetery from 1797). The cemetery office occupies the structure that was the first Methodist Church in White Plains (1795, rebuilt in 1797 after a fire on the day of its original dedication).
Percy Grainger Home, occupied by the composer from 1921 until his death in 1961, and by his widow, Ella Ström-Brandelius, until her death in 1979. It is now maintained as a museum by the International Percy Grainger Society.

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